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Galaxy Nexus dropped into water! Australians in melbourne look here!

Hi guys ! I hope Im posting this on the right section, anyway posting this on behalf of my friend,
He dropped his Nexus ( still under warranty) into a toilet handbasin which has water in it . He turned it off and took out the battery and cover to let the phone to dry overnight. His speakers weren't working at first , but after a few days, they were fine.
The problem is :
i)Charging is inconsistent now. Phone doesn't charge even it is plugged in , sometimes it does. He have to keep on trying till it says charging AC)
ii)Phone hangs A LOT
iii)Reboot more than usual
iv) Shorter battery life
Question :
i) He wants to return it to Vodafone Australia but not sure if they know the phone had drop into water? Is there a way to know?
ii) Is there a way to fix any of the problem?
iii)(For australians in melbourne) If he can't return it to vodafone, any good service center to recommend?
Thanks guys

ii. Try soak in rice overnight. Should be done after the drop. Anyway u can always try. It works on my Nokia .Dont know if it work on smartphone.
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sebarau_noob said:
ii. Try soak in rice overnight. Should be done after the drop. Anyway u can always try. It works on my Nokia .Dont know if it work on smartphone.
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Hey thanks ! kind of been a week already . Think it still may work?

Chances are permanent damage have been done.
Put it in silica gel next time, i think it absorb water better, but remember to bake it first before using it.

Mach3.2 said:
Chances are permanent damage have been done.
Put it in silica gel next time, i think it absorb water better, but remember to bake it first before using it.
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Think he can return the phone without getting caught? I heard there's a red tape some sort of water indicator inside the phone. Is that true?

Yes there is. If you take the battery out, at the top of the 'slot' that the battery rests in theres a little white piece of "tape", that normally has just X's on it. Not sure what it changes to if it gets wet, but thats how they would tell.

Pertheria said:
Yes there is. If you take the battery out, at the top of the 'slot' that the battery rests in theres a little white piece of "tape", that normally has just X's on it. Not sure what it changes to if it gets wet, but thats how they would tell.
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Thanks will check on it

I believe they have it inside the phone as well. I don't have any water indicator stickers on my battery.
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Hi guys! I have a similar problem with the galaxy nexus. It dropped in water, now works pretty fine, but from time to time there is a chaging message on the screen even when it doesn't plugged to the charger. And it draining the battery much faster then before. Is there some ways to fix this problem before I took it to a service center?

Mach3.2 said:
I believe they have it inside the phone as well. I don't have any water indicator stickers on my battery.
Beamed from my Maguro
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The indicator in the phone shows XXXX clearly. so that should be fine? any more indicators ?

Vitaminious said:
Hi guys! I have a similar problem with the galaxy nexus. It dropped in water, now works pretty fine, but from time to time there is a chaging message on the screen even when it doesn't plugged to the charger. And it draining the battery much faster then before. Is there some ways to fix this problem before I took it to a service center?
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Guess we are all on the same boat =/ , check your indicators for now

Unfortunately there's no any indicators inside the phone. Any thoughts?
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There is one actually! http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/qqCnaRuXSHnMhDXJ.huge
Notice the square XXXX inside the phone. Its on the right frame just above the place where the battery is.
My friend checked his, the indicator still okay! sent back to vodafone!

Correct me if I'm wrong, but 99% of the time that indicator is white and BECOMES red when there's water damage. As in, red Xs means water damage.
Edit: After thinking about it and using a bit of common sense, yeah no - red Xs has to mean water damage. I also checked my own phone (with no damage) and, as expected, white indicators. I have the Sprint version so maybe some small, tiny chance it's changed, but neither of mine are X'd and I bought it brand new.
Editagain: Did some research. Apparently my indicators are reverse to everyone else's, but they could still deduce that the problem is water damage - it's not too hard to determine for someone with a bit of hardware experience. I wouldn't get too excited.

Can this be true?

I was browsing Facebook earlier, and as usual half my timeline is full of crap!
When I noticed this, gave it a quick read and realised is was a mobile phone.
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...0283542524409.388566.583749408&type=1&theater
Could a mobile phone really do this? I mean, I know its possible but their explanation of it being called whilst charging, could that really blow your phone up?

No. Just...no.
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This is how it could end up when you are using cheap charger made in China (with no offense to Chinese people) for £2. It is better to get genuine charger and don't take a risk. Btw, even with sh*tty charger, is it really possible that phone will blow up with THAT power?
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POLSKAAAAAA BIAAAALOOOO CZEEEERWONIIIII!!!!!!!!!
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gallardo5 said:
This is how it could end up when you are using cheap charger made in China (with no offense to Chinese people) for £2. It is better to get genuine charger and don't take a risk. Btw, even with sh*tty charger, is it really possible that phone will blow up with THAT power?
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POLSKAAAAAA BIAAAALOOOO CZEEEERWONIIIII!!!!!!!!!
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Thats what I was thinking, I don't think phones are powerful enough to be a bomb !

I don't know about this story but i read a similar one about a guy who died using a dual sim phone from china.He was using it while it was charging too.I guess it is possible

Wet hands perhaps? It might've been an i-device with those edges made of steel in addition with a cheapo charger with poor soldering and contacts...
Another similar event:
http://www.businessinsider.com/this...one-exploding-in-a-17-year-olds-pocket-2012-7
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Its crap ! Another dumb guy who put his stuff in the oven and made some great looking pictures ! This will not happen to a phone......if something is going wrong its in the main charger that's stuck in the outlet. It will melt because it gets too hot maybe. And then it should make electrical circuit fall out in the main power supply in the house.
If that doesn't happen it says more about the security in the electric fusebox of the house then the crappy charger

Mr Hofs said:
Its crap ! Another dumb guy who put his stuff in the oven and made some great looking pictures !
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He put his hands in the oven as well, huh
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He could have made those pictures of his hands anytime .... like when he had a stupid accident or pissed his wife off the other day ! LOL

Mr Hofs said:
He could have made those pictures of his hands anytime .... like when he had a stupid accident or pissed his wife off the other day ! LOL
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LOL!
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Agreed bull****.
Firstly 5volts @ 1-2 amps is certainly not going to kill you.
Any respectable wall charger / home is going to have a 3amp fuse / circuit breaker to prevent this kind of thing.
To get that kind of damage you are not only going to need a voltage failure 240v (UK) to handset. But more likely an electricity grid neutral failure sending probably over 1000v to the phone. And if that was to happen i would be more worried about everything electronic in the house blowing up than answering a call
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And also to add to the story that it seems weird to me that he had a weak pulse then died later. A high current electric shock will stop your heart flat. Not slow it down
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Mr Hofs said:
He could have made those pictures of his hands anytime .... like when he had a stupid accident or pissed his wife off the other day ! LOL
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Why would he think of doing that tho?
"Oh, I'll put my stuff in the oven, and use that picture of my hand and pretend my phone blew up"?
That just doesn't make sense to me.
But I also agree that some serious stuff must have gone wrong for that to happen.

Hi Guys
Although very uncommon and unusal this kind of thing can happen with some mobile phones. Ive worked for the Health and Safety and you would be suprised how many of these types of accidents get reported. It doesnt have to be on charge for this to happen either it can happen during normal usage.

Wilks3y said:
Why would he think of doing that tho?
"Oh, I'll put my stuff in the oven, and use that picture of my hand and pretend my phone blew up"?
That just doesn't make sense to me.
But I also agree that some serious stuff must have gone wrong for that to happen.
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Well you would be surprised how many people do all sorts of stupid things to get attention these days !

Wilks3y said:
Why would he think of doing that tho?
"Oh, I'll put my stuff in the oven, and use that picture of my hand and pretend my phone blew up"?
That just doesn't make sense to me.
But I also agree that some serious stuff must have gone wrong for that to happen.
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You don't know how many f*ucking stupid people are on facebook now xD it's now more like pornbook or so ...not more facebook ...at the beginning where I made an account all people weren't so stupid but know...I think I will leave facebook and use instead Twitter and whatsapp/gtalk or so ....it does make more sense then using facebook...okay there are some girls who are looking really nice because of sweet face good body etc....but such girls I can find all over the web haha xD and this isn't possible...because so much voltage etc isn't coming out of the charger...that would be possible maybe with computer power(box) but not with phone charger xD
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Appsdroid said:
Hi Guys
Although very uncommon and unusal this kind of thing can happen with some mobile phones. Ive worked for the Health and Safety and you would be suprised how many of these types of accidents get reported. It doesnt have to be on charge for this to happen either it can happen during normal usage.
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By "these types" do you mean death by phone tazer or just exploded phone.
95% of exploded phone issues will be from catastrophic battery failure. Not electrocution by over current
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Perhaps if his parents didnt waste time taking pictures of his hands for facebook before taking him to hospital he would have survived lol load of rubbish.

Whatever,
and don't forget with an even cheaper charger let s say 50 cents you can even reproduce an atomic blast,
for the health and secure guy, i believe that a lot of person are having explosion like this, just one thing people
would tell everything to get money back from insurance or other establishment and sadly the more people
use the same story the more i begins to be true, like ghosts goblins or pink elephants. .......
:cyclops:

It a bull**** story , if the guy is dead who's hand is this ? Nigerian scam if you ask me

Never seen an exploding phone, but charger yes...
I cant say I have seen any exploding phones in "real life" but I have however seen a charger explode. I plugged it in, hooked up my phone, sat down across the room and then boom! It exploded, tripped all the power but thankfully didn't nuke my phone. I wouldn't say it's impossible, also I wouldn't really say it was the phone exploding, but I do think the battery may have some potential to cause some wicked damage...
Take a look here, not quite the same as the fb stuff but still worth a look?
http://www.geek.com/mobile/why-batteries-explode-1538916/

[Q] HTC One V Water Damage?

Hello guys.
Today I'm on XDA to make a fool of myself (sort of) because my HTC One V is now water damaged. If you want to know what happened (lol), I went on the lake yesterday to do some wakeboard and I forgot my beloved phone (I am an idiot) in my "swimming pants" --> I don't know how to translate that in English.
Here's what I did so far:
-Immediately after coming back from my fail trip, I tried to power it on with no luck. Therefore, I dried it with a hairdryer for maybe 5 minutes. Still no luck.
-I put it in a small container filled with rice and left it on a shelf for the night. Tried to power it on this morning but no living sign.
-Dried it again with a hairdryer but this time for 10 minutes with the engine set to "warm" instead of "light warm". I put it back in the small rice container and I plan to keep it there for maybe a week.
Was my procedure correct? Is there any chance to play with my One V some day? I want your advices and opinion.
Thank you very much everyone.

alpha8768 said:
Hello guys.
Today I'm on XDA to make a fool of myself (sort of) because my HTC One V is now water damaged. If you want to know what happened (lol), I went on the lake yesterday to do some wakeboard and I forgot my beloved phone (I am an idiot) in my "swimming pants" --> I don't know how to translate that in English.
Here's what I did so far:
-Immediately after coming back from my fail trip, I tried to power it on with no luck. Therefore, I dried it with a hairdryer for maybe 5 minutes. Still no luck.
-I put it in a small container filled with rice and left it on a shelf for the night. Tried to power it on this morning but no living sign.
-Dried it again with a hairdryer but this time for 10 minutes with the engine set to "warm" instead of "light warm". I put it back in the small rice container and I plan to keep it there for maybe a week.
Was my procedure correct? Is there any chance to play with my One V some day? I want your advices and opinion.
Thank you very much everyone.
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the procedure is correct but no any living sign?
try to plug in the charger to see if the "red led" is on

Sadly, not yet

alpha8768 said:
Sadly, not yet
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D: take it to the HTC center is your last choice

danishaznita said:
D: take it to the HTC center is your last choice
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Oh yeah what a nightmare it might be! However, I just saw a video of a guy who, before putting his one v into rice, submerged it in 99% alochol to clean all the corrosion as well as drying water quite well. I'll give it a try and then put it back in rice for 2 days.

If you have the tools you may want to take all the cover off and dry it well in rice. You can find 2 disassembly videos on YouTube
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mr_nooby said:
If you have the tools you may want to take all the cover off and dry it well in rice. You can find 2 disassembly videos on YouTube
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And that
sent from my katana

Well I tried everything, from Alcohol 100% (took from an hospital's laboratory) to my car's dash under very warm sun, nothing worked. I think it's safe to say that my One V is dead.
So I think that it is still under warranty (although I'm not sure) and I want to use my last resort: send it to HTC. You guys previously done this? How does it work?
EDIT: water damage is not covered by any warranty. I will have to buy a new phone. This is very frustrating but the only one to blame here is me. As a college student, I do not have much money for that kind of stuff :S I'll take a look at the Lumia 520 from Nokia WP8, which is not very expensive (150$) and excellent for it's price. Windows Phone 8 is, by experience, 6x less laggy than Android and still delivers a better look with lots of functionalities.

alpha8768 said:
Well I tried everything, from Alcohol 100% (took from an hospital's laboratory) to my car's dash under very warm sun, nothing worked. I think it's safe to say that my One V is dead.
So I think that it is still under warranty (although I'm not sure) and I want to use my last resort: send it to HTC. You guys previously done this? How does it work?
EDIT: water damage is not covered by any warranty. I will have to buy a new phone. This is very frustrating but the only one to blame here is me. As a college student, I do not have much money for that kind of stuff :S I'll take a look at the Lumia 520 from Nokia WP8, which is not very expensive (150$) and excellent for it's price. Windows Phone 8 is, by experience, 6x less laggy than Android and still delivers a better look with lots of functionalities.
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You could get a nexus 4..? TELUS has some decent plans for the Nexus 4.

MameTozhio said:
You could get a nexus 4..? TELUS has some decent plans for the Nexus 4.
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Nexus 4 is an awesome phone, from the design to the functionalities. It's still Android, but with its hardware capabilities I'm pretty sure it's a good phone. Will look at the price, it's the most important matter in my case.

alpha8768 said:
Hello guys.
Today I'm on XDA to make a fool of myself (sort of) because my HTC One V is now water damaged. If you want to know what happened (lol), I went on the lake yesterday to do some wakeboard and I forgot my beloved phone (I am an idiot) in my "swimming pants" --> I don't know how to translate that in English.
Here's what I did so far:
-Immediately after coming back from my fail trip, I tried to power it on with no luck. Therefore, I dried it with a hairdryer for maybe 5 minutes. Still no luck.
-I put it in a small container filled with rice and left it on a shelf for the night. Tried to power it on this morning but no living sign.
-Dried it again with a hairdryer but this time for 10 minutes with the engine set to "warm" instead of "light warm". I put it back in the small rice container and I plan to keep it there for maybe a week.
Was my procedure correct? Is there any chance to play with my One V some day? I want your advices and opinion.
Thank you very much everyone.
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Even if there was a slim chance of getting it back alive the dampness you've made inside the phone by using the hairdryer might have finished the phone off.Get started on looking for a new phone.Don't get fooled by the Nexus 4.Go ahead and grab the one mini or s4 mini, both are pretty good and mini isn't that mini.Or if you're into Windows Phone, I strongly suggest Lumia 620 as the cheapest yet good WP phone, or 920 if you have the money.If you don't like Nokia, HTC 8S is a pretty solid phone for it's money.And if you're an avid music listener, you're gonna love it as its output is pretty loud and clear.

Try this baby.....
http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-z-ultra/
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A bit of a problem...

Basically, someone gave me a very not so clever idea of microwaving my phone to charge it. Being the bright spark I am, I tried it and it worked! 10 secs = +20%. However it overheated my phone really badly, and now the touchscreen doesn't work on the top half of the screen, the home button doesn't work, there are some wifi problems, like very weak connection (where before it was very strong) and the backlight for the back button is very dim.
Now does anyone know of any fixes, or if HTC might repair it on warranty, (but I rooted the phone so I dunno )
All help is greatly appreciated

This is a joke, right?

SmallMan123 said:
Basically, someone gave me a very not so clever idea of microwaving my phone to charge it. Being the bright spark I am, I tried it and it worked! 10 secs = +20%. However it overheated my phone really badly, and now the touchscreen doesn't work on the top half of the screen, the home button doesn't work, there are some wifi problems, like very weak connection (where before it was very strong) and the backlight for the back button is very dim.
Now does anyone know of any fixes, or if HTC might repair it on warranty, (but I rooted the phone so I dunno )
All help is greatly appreciated
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Lol u put it in a microwave :what:
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LenAsh said:
This is a joke, right?
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LOL I wish
I dunno what came over me really, but no, this ain't a joke

sywats said:
Lol u put it in a microwave :what:
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In my defense, I did gain 20% more battery

Well, you're screwed. Completely.

LenAsh said:
Well, you're screwed. Completely.
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Serious? you think HTC could repair it?

SmallMan123 said:
In my defense, I did gain 20% more battery
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But broke your phone in the process
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SmallMan123 said:
Serious? you think HTC could repair it?
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No, it's scrap.

LenAsh said:
No, it's scrap.
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Aww, thanks anyways tho

I am speechless...
You microwaved the phone to charge it?
I...do not know how to respond to this one. I really don't.

Tigerlight said:
I am speechless...
You microwaved the phone to charge it?
I...do not know how to respond to this one. I really don't.
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It actually helps to recharge the battery, as it gives the electons in the battery more energy, then charging it from the wall or PC can give, and also allows the flow of electrons to be more smoother, causing less resistance and less overheating. What I didn't realise is that I need to put in just the battery not the whole phone (metal in the phone duh) and yeah, I'm stuffed.

SmallMan123 said:
It actually helps to recharge the battery, as it gives the electons in the battery more energy, then charging it from the wall or PC can give, and also allows the flow of electrons to be more smoother, causing less resistance and less overheating. What I didn't realise is that I need to put in just the battery not the whole phone (metal in the phone duh) and yeah, I'm stuffed.
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It is a myth that originated from an APPARENT claim made by Apple saying not to do it, which has since become anecdotal evidence that you can and should.
It's nonsense.
Microwaves cause particles to vibrate but do not deliver electrical charge. Added to that the fact your battery contains a variable moisture content that is vaporized inside the sealed container causing either structural damage or full rupture. Plus the heat can and does destroy the protection circuitry built into the battery to prevent under/overcharge.
There is SOME research into using microwaves to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries, but doing it to a lithium cobalt oxide battery is EXTREMELY dangerous and will shorten it's life if not permanently damage it structurally.
It's another example of the power of Facebook to instantly convey the most ridiculous things to millions of people.

Tigerlight said:
It is a myth that originated from an APPARENT claim made by Apple saying not to do it, which has since become anecdotal evidence that you can and should.
It's nonsense.
Microwaves cause particles to vibrate but do not deliver electrical charge. Added to that the fact your battery contains a variable moisture content that is vaporized inside the sealed container causing either structural damage or full rupture.
There is SOME research into using microwaves to produce lithium iron phosphate batteries, but doing it to a lithium cobalt oxide battery is EXTREMELY dangerous and will shorten it's life if not permanently damage it structurally.
It's another example of the power of Facebook to instantly convey the most ridiculous things to millions of people.
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Shoot. Well HTC said they can't repair it for free and repair costs will exceed the cost of a new phone, so I'm stuffed.

SmallMan123 said:
Shoot. Well HTC said they can't repair it for free and repair costs will exceed the cost of a new phone, so I'm stuffed.
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It would be totally irreparable in any case. It would have to be a totally replaced phone. You've completely annihilated all metallic components, which is basically all of them.
Even if you had only put the battery in the microwave in any case, you'd have exploded it and destroyed both battery and microwave, or you'd be walking around with a bomb in your pocket.

Tigerlight said:
It would be totally irreparable in any case. It would have to be a totally replaced phone. You've completely annihilated all metallic components, which is basically all of them.
Even if you had only put the battery in the microwave in any case, you'd have exploded it and destroyed both battery and microwave, or you'd be walking around with a bomb in your pocket.
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Its still working tho, like most of the screen works and that, but might unroot and see

SmallMan123 said:
Its still working tho, like most of the screen works and that, but might unroot and see
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You're lucky it survived. I personally wouldn't ever turn it on again...but...that's me.

Tigerlight said:
You're lucky it survived. I personally wouldn't ever turn it on again...but...that's me.
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See I only put it in for 10 secs, and it restarted by itself, thats the thing

This is like someone says you put your cat in the microwave.....couldn't stand it.....and then say :
Yeah well it wasn't written in the manual !

SmallMan123 said:
See I only put it in for 10 secs, and it restarted by itself, thats the thing
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It's not a thing. You've cooked it. It may partially function but you've damaged and destroyed the internals.
It's a gonner. Period.

[Q] HOLE in galaxy Tab S

PEOPLE ! Daf** happend with my tablet ?
Today in the morning i put my tablet charging and a few minutes ago, where i pick up this happend.
The tablet in on fire when i pick her up, i mean, i can´t hold it in my hands because of the heat.
what can i do now ? :crying::crying::crying::crying:

HugoSilva said:
PEOPLE ! Daf** happend with my tablet ?
Today in the morning i put my tablet charging and a few minutes ago, where i pick up this happend.
The tablet in on fire when i pick her up, i mean, i can´t hold it in my hands because of the heat.
what can i do now ? :crying::crying::crying::crying:
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Ive never seen anything like this!? I dont know how your gonna explain it to samsung...

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Ive never seen anything like this!? I dont know how your gonna explain it to samsung...
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i don´t know either. But its not my fault...

If it is not your fault, someone else is responsible. Such a damage does not occur without external force.
Best , maris

Does it still turn on? Where is the heat coming from, where it's cracked?
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ashyx said:
Does it still turn on? Where is the heat coming from, where it's cracked?
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she was on while charging, after i take off the charger the tablet still work 100% ( i guess), but i turned off because was too hot.
The heat was coming from the place where you put the charger. ( i guess was a factory error in the charger and was heat too much, i don´t know)
I´m afraid in the moment i get the tablet to samsung they say that was me that dropped to the ground and broke the screen.

Either the battery expanded and broke the panel or something related to the battery. Im not sure if samsung will replace that.. How old is this tablet?

I would make sure to add a note (hand written message) when returning it to Samsung that you have included the charger and the cable for them to test and I would tape a note to the back of the tablet so they can't say they didn't see it and take pictures of the note taped to the tablet.
If you were charging it with the factory charger and the cable as per the instructions I would fight them to the end for a replacement!

That hole is obviously made by external forces. If it was caused by heat or battery expansion it wouldn't look like that. Either you smashed something onto it or someone else did.

DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Either the battery expanded and broke the panel or something related to the battery. Im not sure if samsung will replace that.. How old is this tablet?
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3 months

snapper.fishes said:
That hole is obviously made by external forces. If it was caused by heat or battery expansion it wouldn't look like that. Either you smashed something onto it or someone else did.
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You are wrong, the tablet was on my office when i put it on charge, then leave, nobody gets in the office ( i'm sure) and when i come back the tablet is like this...

flhthemi said:
I would make sure to add a note when returning it to Samsung that you have included the charger and the cable for them to test and I would tape a note to the back of the tablet so they can't say they didn't see it and take pictures of the note taped to the tablet.
If you were charging it with the factory charger and the cable as per the instructions I would fight them to the end for a replacement!
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What do you mean with a note ?
Yes i was using the factory charger...

HugoSilva said:
You are wrong, the tablet was on my office when i put it on charge, then leave, nobody gets in the office ( i'm sure) and when i come back the tablet is like this...
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If you are adamant that no one else could have man handled your tablet while you were out, the other possible explanation is that your tablet experienced some extreme temperature and had a pre existing weak point at that position (micro fractures can be invisible to the eye).
It is unlikely that your battery could have become hot enough to crack your screen without bursting into flames first, so the other extreme is more likely. Is there a chance that the ambient temperature of your office dropped to freezing or near freezing while you were away?

HugoSilva said:
What do you mean with a note ?
Yes i was using the factory charger...
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A NOTE = A hand written message on a piece of paper for the tech to read at the repair facility.

snapper.fishes said:
If you are adamant that no one else could have man handled your tablet while you were out, the other possible explanation is that your tablet experienced some extreme temperature and had a pre existing weak point at that position (micro fractures can be invisible to the eye).
It is unlikely that your battery could have become hot enough to crack your screen without bursting into flames first, so the other extreme is more likely. Is there a chance that the ambient temperature of your office dropped to freezing or near freezing while you were away?
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No one enter my office because i locked after leaving. And the temperature was always the same, ambient temperature. 10 to 15° celsius.

Most probable scenario is that someone physically damaged the unit since you did leave it unattended. Achems Razor will help cut to the truth.

Occam's Razor
But point well made. Pretty dang amazing damage. Almost looks like a small caliber bullet hole. Yikes! Hope the OP shares what eventually is the result.

HugoSilva said:
You are wrong, the tablet was on my office when i put it on charge, then leave, nobody gets in the office ( i'm sure) and when i come back the tablet is like this...
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I'm interested in buying this tablet which is how I've ended up here (new to the community).
Having some experience with lithium-polymer batteries from hobbies of mine, my first thought was 'what type of battery does it have?' Li-Po batteries have a tendency to expand and potentially catch alight if 'gone dodgy' or over-charged. The Galaxy Tab S uses a Lithium-Ion battery which it turns out can have similar behaviour.
This could well explain the state of the tablet (and the heat). It might not have caught alight with a standard charger, or you got to it before it did. Either way, good thing you got to it when you did!
I can't post any external links yet as I'm still too new, but googling "Lithium Ion battery expansion" and "explosion" shows some examples of what can happen to these batteries (although I don't believe this to be very common).
This type of expansion force from inside the unit would most likely burst the screen and I can only imagine that being pretty nasty, and possibly the cause of the state that your tablet was in.
I trust that you got it replaced through your warranty without any quibble?!..

skeeterpro said:
Occam's Razor
But point well made. Pretty dang amazing damage. Almost looks like a small caliber bullet hole. Yikes! Hope the OP shares what eventually is the result.
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Waiting for a reply from Samsun.
But maybe Samsung will not help me, then i will have to spend at least 200€ to put a new LCD. :crying::crying:

pissed off wife or childeren